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Joe Biden visits shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe
The Deacon's Bench ^ | March 7, 2012 | Deacon Greg Kandra

Posted on 03/08/2012 5:31:27 AM PST by NYer

Details:

As the sun set over Mexico City, the Vice President of the United States toured the shrine to the Virgin of Guadalupe. After a tour, VPOTUS walked across the square to the Antigua Parroquia de Los Indios (Old Church of the Indians), part of the pilgrimage for millions of Catholics.

Later, under a full moon, when reporters asked his assessment of the candidates he had met earlier, VPOTUS said, “I rather not talk about the candidates … I had a wonderful day with the candidates, but I had a better day here. I would have come just for this … It’s a great treasure.”

Biden, who is Catholic, recalled that his mother was a “great devotee of the blessed mother … My only regret is that she’s not here.”

He choked up and walked away.

The faithful have long believed that on 1531 an apparition of the Virgin Mary appeared in Mexico City in the form of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Since then the image of Guadalupe has become an iconic trademark for Catholics not just in Mexico and Latin America, but across neighborhoods in the United States.

VPOTUS walked up to the portrait of the virgin accompanied by monsignors. He later got on his knees and said a prayer. He toured the shrine as onlookers stared, some not sure the identity of the visitor surrounded by secret service agents and officials led by U.S. Ambassador Anthony Wayne.

Told that the visitor was VPOTUS, Maria Gomez, 53, a homemaker in Mexico City, said, “That’s marvelous. It’s not everyday that such an important figure from the United States, or the world, pays homage to our beloved virgin. I’m happy for his humility and happy to see some of the most powerful go out of their way to pay our virgin a visit.”

Nearby, Abel Flores, 56, a businessman with relatives working without documents in Texas and California, added: “I hope he’s a true devotee of our virgin, and not just another politician, which sadly happens here all too often.”

“I hope that by visiting the virgin he finds compassion in his heart and that he shares that with his countrymen. Only then will we see better treatment of our countrymen living in the United States and better policies to help bring peace to our nation.”



TOPICS: Catholic; Prayer
KEYWORDS: biden; mexico; mexicocity; olg; ourladyofguadalupe

1 posted on 03/08/2012 5:31:30 AM PST by NYer
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To: netmilsmom; thefrankbaum; Tax-chick; GregB; saradippity; Berlin_Freeper; Litany; SumProVita; ...

At least Biden did not ask who painted the tilma, unlike Hillary Clinton. May our Lady of Guadalupe move his heart as she did that of Juan Diego.


2 posted on 03/08/2012 5:33:04 AM PST by NYer (He who hides in his heart the remembrance of wrongs is like a man who feeds a snake on his chest. St)
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To: NYer

“May our Lady of Guadalupe move his heart as she did that of Juan Diego.”

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!


3 posted on 03/08/2012 5:35:54 AM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo...Sum Pro Vita. (Modified Decartes))
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To: NYer

He may leave with an incurable case of hiccups.


4 posted on 03/08/2012 5:37:28 AM PST by IbJensen (We now have a government requiring citizens prove they are insured but not that they are citizens.)
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Exactly...I was thinking...even Biden didn’t act like a fool at this place.

How perfect is the timing here considering what what the democrats are trying to pull against the Church.


5 posted on 03/08/2012 5:38:01 AM PST by Scotswife
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“I hope he’s a true devotee of our virgin, and not just another politician, which sadly happens here all too often.”

I am surprised he wasn’t struck dead on the spot. He is going to have to answer for a lot of things, cursing being only one.


6 posted on 03/08/2012 5:43:17 AM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: NYer

Ditto to your prayer!


7 posted on 03/08/2012 5:45:22 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: combat_boots
I am surprised he wasn’t struck dead on the spot. He is going to have to answer for a lot of things, cursing being only one.

I don't know. I think he has been tested already. His first wife died along with a few of his children in a car accident. If that doesn't destroy a person nothing does. I know he was able to fall in love again as a Widower but he has said for a long time that was devastating.

8 posted on 03/08/2012 6:24:07 AM PST by napscoordinator (A moral principled Christian with character is the frontrunner! Congrats Santorum!)
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“Under a full moon” . . . you CAN’T make this stuff up.


9 posted on 03/08/2012 6:28:58 AM PST by Charlemagne on the Fox
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To: combat_boots
You can't judge what is in a man's heart. In Joey Bidenfucco’s case the spirit may be willing but the mouth is way weak.If St. Paul can be turned into a fervent soldier of the Lord,so can a minnow like Biden.
10 posted on 03/08/2012 6:55:12 AM PST by Apercu ("Obama is graffiti on the wall of American History")
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Yesterday, Biden was visiting the shrine to the Virgin of Guadalupe...

and......

tomorrow he will be promoting abortions.....


11 posted on 03/08/2012 8:30:29 AM PST by poinciana
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Biden, who [pretends to be a] Catholic recalled that his mother was a “great devotee of the blessed mother … My only regret is that she’s not here.”

Yeah, Joe, if that's true, I'll bet if she were here she would be proud as hell of your advocacy of abortion.

12 posted on 12/17/2014 7:00:51 PM PST by Robwin
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